Church leaders are concerned that the authorities have not done enough to rescue the girls.

If health coverage is "truly independent" of the petitioners, they would no longer object to the ACA's goal of providing access to free birth control to women.

Among the migrants and refugees, "The terror is immense."

"We do not want to wait to see the complete elimination of Christians, Yezidis and certain Muslim groups before we actually declare this violence for what it is."

The path of nonviolence is a "daunting" task as is "reaching people's very souls" through compassion and dialogue.

"The situation is very hard. We cry out with one voice, 'Don't forget us,'"